Cantering Closer
Thalia rode into the studio holding imaginary reins. She wore Typist’s old riding helmet and nickered at her make-believe mare. “Yesterday’s long, steady rain watered the garden, the grass, and Paintist’s experiments.”
“It’s been almost a decade since we trotted around a paddock.” Calliope gazed through the window at a horse farm in the distance.
“Today we’re dusting off golf clubs.” Nia’s pretend swing didn’t look half bad. “Par 3 course with Donna. Isn’t it wonderful that Drawist has reconnected with her friend?”
“Beauteous…” Thalia called as she galloped off toward the pantry.
“Scrumptious.” Calliope packed up brushes and pencils.
“Getting there,” said Nia, who added the most recent trio-visual to today’s love letter.
Words from Typist:
For several years I took dressage riding lessons from a friend who owned horses — Barnaby and Jazz. As often happens, circumstances intervened. The horses moved stables. Their owner started a small business and had less time available. Life moved in new directions for both of us. We’ve lost touch, but typing this paragraph is just the spur I need to send her a hello message… I could paint a horse card! And, send a note of gratitude for the learning we shared.
I’m sharing a link to a favorite video about horses and communication.
This morning’s walk/weather/birdsong put me in mind of it.
You might enjoy…
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T-shirt: “When I woke up today I had no plans to be AWESOME — this just happened.” 😁
Par 3 golf. <shudder> A driver, a putter — how hard could it be? After the third ball headed off to nowhere-near-the-pin, I fell back on my mini-golf skills and just putted like crazy for the rest of the course.
I feel privileged to watch paintist’s skills evolving! The minor swarms of “points” hovering around the Muses adds a sense of life to the drawings.
That you carried the dressage experiences on into that paragraph using the verb “spur” put a smile on my face. And your saying that one result was to want to draw a nice Gail card and send same to your former friend/instructor is very “BigJoy.” My first day’s exercise entailed looking for ways to bring warm feelings, happiness, or Joy into the lives of others. Seems a natural instinct for you! Bravo!
Thanks, too, for the link to the video of the woman horse trainer in Patagonia. When I first watched it a while ago on Aeon, I was touched by the overall message of interacting respectfully with those around us. Including horses.
Home Run!! Whoops! Fore!